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il'nrren STATES ATENT EBENEZER H. BOOTE, OF KIBK\VOOD, NEW YORK.

VEHICLE=SPRING.

SPECIEICATION forming par't. of Letters Patent N0. 346,711, dated August 3, 1886.

Application filed Mnrch 5, 1886. Serial N0. 194,139.

T0 all w'/wm it may c0ncern:

Be iE known EhaE I, EBENEZER H. Boom, a ciEizen of Ehe United States, resirling aE Kirkwood, in Ehe eonnty of Broome ancl SEa'te of New York, have invented eerfain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Springs; und I de declare Ehe following Eo be a fnll, elear, and exaeE deseription 0f Ehe invenEi0n, such as will enable 0Ehers skilled in Ehe arE Eo whieh iE appertains Eo make und use Ehe Same, reference being had Eo Ehe accompanying drawings, and E0 leEEers er fignres ol' reference marked Ehereon, which form parE 0f Ehis speeificaEion.

Fignre' l 0f Ehe drawings is (L perspeetive view of n1y improved vehiele Springs. Fig. 2 is an edge view of one 0f Ehe Eie-bnrs. and Fig. 3 is an edge view of oneof Ehe sections 0E' springs.

Thisinvcntion reiates Eo vehiele-springs; and iE consists in Ehe eonstrnetion and novel eombinaEion ofparts, as hereinafter seE forth, and poinEed onE in Ehe elai1n.

The objeeE of Ehis invention is Eo produce a spring EhaE will bare E\V0 naEural beari ngs 011 euch spring, So EhaE Ehe wagen body n1a1y be. Ehe more seenrely fastened und Ehe load (321rried steadier; also Eo produce a spring EhaE will load downlevel, as will hereinafEr more fully appear.

Rel'erring by letter Eo Ehe aeeompanying drawings, A designates Ehe fronE axle, B Ehe rear axle, O Ehe mach, and E Ehe head-bloek, of Ehe running-gear of a vehiele Eo whieh my improved springe are shown applied. The springs in Ehis constrnction are sectional springe, und each secEion 0E' said springs is composed prel'erabl y 0E Ehree leaves. 'lhe nuxnber, however, is regnlated hy Ehe sErength desired. lhe lower leaf. F, 0 E each secEion is provided aE EhaE enri 01 said leaf whieh is (N0 model.)

and R S are eomieeEed in pairs Eo Ehe Eie-bars, near Ehe encls of Ehe laEter. The Clips aforesaid hold Ehe spring-seetions Eogetherbut embraee Ehem so loosely as Eo permiE Ehe inner ends of Ehe lower leaves, F F, Eo have sliding moEion longitndinally beEween Ehe cross-bars 0f Ehe clips am]. Ehe Eie bars I and K. The

vehielebocly is seeured npon Ehe Eie-bars I and K in any suitable manner, as by bolEs. These springe, when used as side springs, are attached eiEher Eo Ehe bolster in fronband Ehe rear axle behind, 0r Ehey are artaehed Eo half er semi-ellipt-ie springs aE each end 0f Ehe vehiele, and when used as side-bar springs Eheir unter ends are seeured Eo Ehe side bars in Ehe nsna1 way.

Bythe eonstruction above describedeaeh eoxnplete spring is formed 0f Ewo independent springe, '(until broughE EogeEher) each see- Eion extending Eo und bearing 011 Ehe eenter of Ehe other. Ehereby eonveying Ehe weighE froxn Ehe middle of one springsection Eo Ehe middle 0f Ehe 0Eher spring-seetion, so EhaE if Ehe wagen should be loadecl heavier aE one end Ehan aE Ehe 0Eher Ehe weighE Will be dis- Erihuted er conveyed Eo Ehe 0Eher spring-see- Eion, Eherehy eansing Ehe Wagon Eo carrylevel. AnoEher advantage is EhaE a spring of Ehis 'eonstrncEion is self-adjusEing, by reason of Ehe fast EhaE iE is flexible beEween its aEtaehmenE- bearings; and, further, Ehis spring is fnl1y one-Ehird longer Ehan any 0Eher spring when aEE-aehed Eo Ehe Same lengEh 0E' running-gear. The yokes er eross bare of Ehe elips EhaE couneeEthe springsectdons areshonldered Eo form lugswhieh bear againsE Ehe Eie-bars, so EhaE when Ehe secx 1ring-nuEs are Eurned up EighEly Ehe enrls of Ehe springe are free Eo play Ehrongh Ehe yol e 0r loop Ehns formed.

Having described Ehis invention, whaE I claim, an l desire Eo seenre by LeEEers PatenE, 1S

The eombination, wiih Ehe spring-seetions having eyes and angnlar bends aE opposite ends of Ehe sections, 0f Ehe Eie-bars 'and Ehe eonneeting elips or yokes having Ehe shouldered cross-bars and seeuring-nuts, substan- Eially as specified.

In EesEimony whereof I affix my signaEure in presence 0f EWO w:iEnesses.

EBENEZER H. BOOTE.

ViEnesses:

O. L. KEELER, S. B..BALL 

